Nose-piece for bridles



(Model.)

B: ARNOLD. Nose-Piece for Bridles.

No. 226,954. Patented April 27, 1880.

WITNESSES: NV'ENTOR:

MJW 4 N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASMJNGTON. I10.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RHODES ARNOLD, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS,

NOSE-PIECE FOR BRIDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,954, dated April 27, 1880.

Application filed March 3, 1880,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RHODES ARNOLD, of Waltham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nose-Pieces for Bridles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a means for lessening the difficulty of holdinginahorse addicted to pulling hard on the bit, as it is technically termed.

The invention consists in the combination, with the bit and the head-piece of a bridle, of straps for counteracting the pressure of the bit on the mouth and lower jaw of the animal, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improvement applied to the bit, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the nose-piece.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,

A represents the head-piece, B the bit, and G the cheek-piece, of an ordinary bridle.- D is a strap which passes from the bit-rings I) 1) across the front of the nose of the animal. The portion between the bit-rings is stiflened by a wrapper, E, which carries two strapkeepers, d d, and also has attached to it a strap, G, which passes upward in fnont of the (Model) nose of the animal and engages with a buckle,

a, on the head-piece A. In the strap D, on either side of the wrapper E, is a slot, 8.

The parts are connected together as follows: The bit-rings b b are turned sidewise and passed through the slots 8. The ends of the strap D are then passed through the bit-rings and brought together and buckled, as shown in Fig. 1. The cheek-pieces O (J are then buckled to the bit-rings, and the strap G is buckled to the head-piece.

The bridle being in place on the head of the animal, the straps D and G are adjusted so as to prevent the bit from pressing too hard either on the lower jaw or grinders or in the crotch of the mouth. As the strap D is stiff eued by the wrapper E, said strap does not press upon the nostrils, and consequently does not interfere with the horses breathing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The strap D, stiffened by the wrapper E, and having the slots s s, in combination with the bit and rings of a bridle, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

RHODES ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

W.-W. CLARK, L. J. LAMSON. 

